Do any of the older supporters remember our promotion year into the old Second Division. With only a few games to go City were top of the league by a clear nine points, then came a slump. The last game of the season arrived, against Colchester, we were now in third place behind Crystal Palace and Oldham. Both Palace and Oldham lost and with us beating Colchester 1-0 we were promoted and as Champions.
If I remember correctly, we took 12000 to Peterborough for a night match just before our slump started, I was there, we lost 2-0 I think!!
Do any of the older supporters remember our promotion year into the old Second Division. With only a few games to go City were top of the league by a clear nine points, then came a slump. The last game of the season arrived, against Colchester, we were now in third place behind Crystal Palace and Oldham. Both Palace and Oldham lost and with us beating Colchester 1-0 we were promoted and as Champions.
If I remember correctly, we took 12000 to Peterborough for a night match just before our slump started, I was there, we lost 2-0 I think!!
Jim Brown covered this season in his latest podcast. I think the collapse started earlier than you remember with the recovery coming in the last few games.
The slump in the season started in early January when we did not win a match until late March.
Stats:
upto Jan 3
Played 27, Won 18, Draw 6 Lost 3
After Jan 3
Played 19, Won 4 Draw 10, Lost 5